International Kite Festival Continues On Long Beach Island Sunday and Monday

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane! Nope, it’s a whale.

The Long Beach Island International Kite Festival continues Sunday and Monday with a variety of demonstrations and kite-making classes on several beaches up and down the island.

Local artists and crafters will also be on hand making kites and monarch butterflies items for sale.

Here is the schedule for Sunday and Monday.

Sunday

Ship Bottom 3rd to 8th Street, Oceanside

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. GIANT Kites
11 a.m. Candy Drops
12 p.m. -Bol Racing-(round parachute like kite being pulled down beach)
2 p.m. - Bol Racing
3:00 Candy Drops

Ship Bottom 11th -16th streets, Oceanside

10 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Sport Kite Demonstrations, Competitions
Bol Races, Learn to Fly

Brant Beach Bayview Park 68th Street Bayside

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Island Surf & Sail providing Water Sport Rentals (conditions permitting)
10 p.m. to 2 p.m. - Kids- Sled Kite and Mini Butterfly Kite Making- Bay View Baseball Park

McKinley St., Holgate Oceanside

6 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Night Kite Fly

Bowker’s South Beach Grill - 5406 S. Long Beach Blvd, Holgate
Open to Public
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Bowker’s Dinner and Music Party (pay at the door)

Monday - Free Shuttle will be running 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Surf City Hotel - 800 Long Beach Blvd, Surf City

8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Kiters’ Thank You Breakfast (private party)

Barnegat Light 18th-22nd St. Oceanside

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. -Buggy Kites (three-beach-wheeled buggy cart being pulled by kite/no engine)

All events are conditions permitting. Strong winds, and no wind will affect flying, kites will fly in rain if no lightning and they have reasonable conditions.

Photo credits: LBI Fly International